THE STORY SHOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF COWS IN OUR HEART PLEASE READ THE FULL STORY AND ENJOY IT . Tiruvarur is a small town near Tanjore, in the state of Tamilnadu in South India. Many kings of the Chola dynasty made this town their capital and ruled there. One of them who went by the name of Manu Needhi Chola (205 BC to 161 BC) - Manu, the Righteous- was the most illustrious of them. He made no distinction between men and animals. He treated them all alike and dealt impartial justice to them. So all those that were under the rule of this noble king, human beings as well as animals, lived peacefully and happily. For many years, this good king had not been blessed with a son. He worshipped God and prayed to Him in the hope that He would grant him a son. At last his prayers were answered. The son that was born was named Vithi Vidangan. He grew up in fear of God and walked in the footsteps of his royal father. He respected the subjects of his father, high and low. He loved animals as dearly as if they were his own brothers and sisters. He treated them all with as much tenderness and affection as his own father showed to them. One day young Vithi Vidangan started in his chariot to visit the temple of the city and offer prayers to God. On the way, a calf was caught in the wheels of the chariot and killed on the spot. The prince saw what had happened and became speechless. Recovering from the shock after a time, he lamented thus: 'O Almighty God! I started to go to the temple to offer my humble prayers to you, but the poor calf was caught in my chariot wheels and has been killed; and I am the cause of its death. How will my father, who never hurt even the smallest creature, feel when he hears that a poor calf has been killed! How shocked will he be too to hear that his own son was the cause of that most cruel deed! Ah! I have destroyed the fair name of my ancestry. Above all, how will the poor cow, the mother of the calf, feel when she sees her babe dead and lying in a heap! Only this morning she must have caressed and fed her child. Now she will find it dead. Ah! how am I going to soothe the feelings of its mother when she calls her babe to lick